M4.2 earthquake 39 km S of Ollagüe, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Aug 21, 2025, 4:57 AM GMT-4

UTC

2025-08-21 08:57:21 UTC

Depth

131.1 km (81.5 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

21.584° S, 68.242° W

Region

Chile

Felt reports

1

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 7.0 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

69°

Stations used

21

• Calama, ChilePopulation 166,334. Forecast120 kmNE
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast565 kmS

After

1. 4.247 km S of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Aug 21, 5:08 AM GMT-4 · 407 days ago · 149 km deep · 11 km away
2. 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Aug 22, 7:06 PM GMT-4 · 405 days ago · 132 km deep · 25 km away
3. 4.671 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileMon, Aug 25, 2:01 PM GMT-4 · 403 days ago · 121 km deep · 42 km away
4. 4.222 km NW of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Aug 30, 12:11 AM GMT-4 · 398 days ago · 118 km deep · 57 km away
5. 4.260 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Sep 4, 12:39 PM GMT-4 · 393 days ago · 139 km deep · 33 km away
6. 4.152 km SW of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Sep 11, 3:23 PM GMT-3 · 386 days ago · 134 km deep · 33 km away
7. 4.548 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileMon, Sep 15, 8:21 PM GMT-3 · 381 days ago · 122 km deep · 18 km away
8. 4.137 km WNW of Ollagüe, ChileTue, Sep 16, 6:22 PM GMT-3 · 380 days ago · 131 km deep · 63 km away
9. 4.739 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Sep 24, 2:06 AM GMT-3 · 373 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
10. 4.341 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Sep 24, 9:15 AM GMT-3 · 373 days ago · 103 km deep · 94 km away
11. 4.257 km SW of Ollagüe, ChileWed, Sep 24, 12:15 PM GMT-3 · 373 days ago · 136 km deep · 40 km away
12. 4.455 km W of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Sep 27, 4:47 AM GMT-3 · 370 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
13. 4.646 km W of Ollagüe, ChileSun, Sep 28, 2:25 AM GMT-3 · 369 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
14. 4.251 km NNE of Calama, ChileMon, Sep 29, 2:40 PM GMT-3 · 368 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
15. 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, ChileTue, Sep 30, 5:31 PM GMT-3 · 366 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
16. 4.385 km W of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Oct 2, 3:46 PM GMT-3 · 365 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
17. 4.268 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Oct 4, 8:37 AM GMT-3 · 363 days ago · 121 km deep · 54 km away
18. 4.355 km NNE of Calama, ChileMon, Oct 13, 7:52 AM GMT-3 · 354 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
19. 4.178 km W of Ollagüe, ChileMon, Oct 13, 8:14 PM GMT-3 · 353 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
20. 4.869 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Oct 14, 1:43 AM GMT-3 · 353 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
21. 4.267 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Oct 19, 12:45 AM GMT-3 · 348 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away

Before

1. 4.766 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileMon, Aug 11, 7:10 AM GMT-4 · 417 days ago · 115 km deep · 36 km away
2. 4.221 km W of Ollagüe, ChileWed, Aug 6, 10:19 PM GMT-4 · 421 days ago · 136 km deep · 46 km away
3. 4.343 km ENE of Calama, ChileTue, Aug 5, 2:10 PM GMT-4 · 423 days ago · 142 km deep · 80 km away
4. 4.659 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Aug 5, 12:59 AM GMT-4 · 423 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
5. 4.454 km NE of Calama, ChileSun, Aug 3, 8:07 AM GMT-4 · 425 days ago · 118 km deep · 66 km away
6. 4.565 km SW of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Aug 1, 6:03 PM GMT-4 · 426 days ago · 108 km deep · 50 km away
7. 4.274 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Aug 1, 12:13 AM GMT-4 · 427 days ago · 122 km deep · 47 km away
8. 4.453 km ENE of Calama, ChileThu, Jul 24, 10:39 PM GMT-4 · 434 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
9. 5.240 km NE of Calama, ChileWed, Jul 23, 8:46 PM GMT-4 · 435 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000r2rc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.